Reports: Dozens injured in Seoul subway crash

May 2, 2014
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Breaking News / Tory Hargro, USA TODAY

by Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

by Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

At least 78 people were injured in Seoul on Friday when two subway cars collided, although none were thought to be seriously hurt, local news media reports said.

Other reports put the number of injured as high as 170.

YTN television said that one of the subway cars derailed after impact and that many passengers walked along the tracks to safety.

Reuters, citing government emergency officials, said many of the injuries happened as passengers attempted to jump from the subway cars onto the tracks.

The cause of the accident at Seoul's Sangwangshipri station wasn't immediately known.

The incident comes as South Korea is still dealing with the aftermath of a ferry catastrophe. In that disaster, more than 300 of the 476 people who were on board, many students from the same high school, are dead or missing.